Cue rack



Dec.1s,1923. www@ C. HINE CUE HACK Filed May 5. 1921 Patented Dec. I8, i923.

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CICERO HINE, GF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRUNSW'ICK-BALKE-COL- LENDER COMPANY, CORPORATION OF DEIAINARE.

CUE RACK.

Application led May 5,

To al? whom t may conce/ra:

Be it known that I, Olonne Hina, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cue Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to racks for holding cues used in playing billiards and pocket billiards and its object is to provide a sim-- ple and elficient device which will permit the insertion and removal of the cues without injury thereto and which will hold the cues securely in an upright position.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent as it is more fully described hereafter with reference to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a selected embodiment of the invention and in which Fig. l is a front elevation of a cue rack embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, a frame 4 of suitable form is intended to be secured in upright position to a wall or other support, and it is pr-ovided with a base 5 having sockets 6 to receive the butt ends of the cues 7. A transverse rack bar 8 having a plurality of recesses 9 registering with the sockets 6 is secured to the side members "-4 of the frame about midway between the base 5 and the top plate l0 of the frame. A retaining or keeper bar l1 is mounted on the top plate and spaced in front thereof sutliciently to form an elongated, narrow, transverse space l2 to receive the cues as shown in Fig. l. The sockets7 recesses and retaining bar 11 are located with reference vto each other so that when the cues are in place with their lbutt ends seated in the sockets the cues will rest snugly in the recesses of the rack or guide bar 8 and their upper ends will be held snugly against the retaining bar 1l. I consider this a desirable construction because the cues will then be held upright with their butt ends against the front walls of the sockets, and their upper ends against the retaining bar by the rack or guide bar engaging the cues substantially midway between their ends and located on the side of the cues opposite to that of said walls and retaining bar. It

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will be noted, of course, that the cues rest in the recesses 9 and are therefore spaced apart and are held upright against lateral movement while the position of the guide or rac-k bar on one side of the cues in cooperation with the retaining bar and the front walls of the sockets on the other side of the cues will maintain the cues in upright position against forward or backward movement. Not only do these means hold the cues upright but they tend to prevent the cues from warping. For the foregoing reasons I prefer this stated relationship of the sockets, recesses and retaining bar but if this relationship is not maintained so carefully as I have Vsuggested the invention will still present many advantages over cue racks heretofore used, so far as I am aware, by reason of its simplicity and the ease with which cues may be inserted and removed without injury thereto. rIhe elongated slot or space between the retaining bar and the top plate, permits the insertion and removal of the cues without injury to the tips and for this purpose the space may be of considerable width ysince only the retaining bar is employed for holding the cues upright. The back wall of the sockets might also be dispensed with because it is the front wall which cooperates with the rack and guide bar and the retaining bar to hold the cues upright but this is a detail which I do not lregard of any importance in the commercial use of the invention since it will probably be more convenient to make the sockets circular as indicated than otherwise.

I am aware that my invention may be embodied in other forms than that herein disclosed which, as before stated, is a selected embodiment of a simple form of the invention and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

l. A cue rack comprising a frame having a base to receive and support the cues and means rigidly secured to the frame engaging the cues on one side at the top and bottom thereof and on the opposite side between the top and bottom thereof for holding the cues in upright position.

2. A cue rack comprising a frame having a base to receive and support the cues, means on the frame engaging the cues at the front and at the top and bottom thereof, and

means on the frame engaging the cues at the back and between the top and bottom thereof for holding the cues in upright positi'on.A V

3. A cue rack comprising a frame having a base to receive and support the cues, meansl on the frame engaging the cues at the front and at the top and bottom thereof, and means on the frame engaging the cues at the back ythereof and spacing the cues from each' other between the top and bottom thereof.` Y,

4A cue rack Comprising a frame having apbase provided with sockets to receive the buttrends of the cues, a retaining bar to engage the. ones at thefront adjacent the upper ends thereof7 and a rack bar engaging the cues at `the back thereof between their ends t and spacing them apart.

5.,A cue rack comprising a frame having a baseprovided with sockets to receive the buttends of the cues, aV rack bar engaging the cues betweenvtheir ends to prevent them from moving rearward and for spacing them apart, and a retaining bar engaging the cues adjacent the top thereof to prevent forward movement of the cues.

6. A cue rack comprising a frame'having a base provided with sockets to receive the butt ends of the cues and an elongated retaining space at the top of the frame to receive the upper ends of the cues, and a rack bar on the fran'ie between the bottom and top thereof and rigid with respect to the base for eno'ainu the cues between their r.

C 2D b ends at the back thereof and for spacing .the cues apart. Y

7. A cue rack comprising a frame having a base provided with sockets to receive the butt ends of the bar spaced from the top plate to provide an elongated space for receiving the upper ends of the cues and to engage the cues at the front thereof, and a rack bar on the frame between the bottom and top thereof provided with recesses to receive the cues to prevent rearward movement thereof and to space the cues apart.

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